Paula Folawn has always had a day job, but her passion comes out in her art.  She is a painter and works with clay, but her favorite medium is the humble pumpkin. Halloween is her Christmas. When pumpkin patches start cropping up around town and mountains of gourds start appearing at Safeway, her pulse quickens [...]

Pets are great companions. Dogs are definitely high maintenance, but will shower you with love and drool every chance they get. Like being ignored? You must be a cat person. No matter your preference, you want your pets well taken care of when you leave town. Especially if you plan on traveling during the holidays. [...]

Grade school holds many fond memories. Learning to write, playing the tambourine and art class. I loved art. One of my favorite things was creating collages. Cutting pictures out of magazines, smearing the backs with Elmer’s Glue and pasting those images into construction paper. Then I’d peel the extra glue off my fingers and pretend [...]

Sending holiday cards in our house is an annual tradition. And while it’s a lot easier sending Facebook greetings, there are some wonderful values and educational lessons you can share with your children when you send cards together. Making holiday card mailings a family activity can create some precious memories. They will treasure this time [...]

My daughter was only one when we traveled to Buffalo, New York for the first time. It was also the first time I met my husband’s side of the family. And the first time his family met our daughter. Ironically, meeting them was not the real reason behind our trip. Instead, we were going there [...]